Rahim is currently coordinating the development of a Global Volunteering for Development Standard, which will establish and promote responsible and impactful volunteering. Rahim is also leading the planning and delivery of Forum’s 2019 annual conference (IVCO), which will bring together 200 heads of agencies in Kigali, Rwanda, at which the Global Standard will be launched, before its adoption in the Global Technical Meeting on Volunteering taking place at the UN’s High Level Political Forum in 2020.
During his time at VSO, Rahim has also been the UK lead for the International Volunteering for All Project (IVO4all), which created policy and practice improvements across Europe to ensure international volunteering is increasingly accessible to disadvantaged young people.
Before joining VSO, Rahim worked with the Tutu Foundation, Raleigh International, the Aga Khan Development Network and The Prince’s Trust focusing on advancing quality in practice and widening participation for the youth sector in the UK and internationally.